Shakhtar Donetsk CEO Sergei Palkin has hit out at football agents being allowed to "make themselves richer" following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
When Ukraine was invaded in February, football clubs throughout the nation had to prioritise the safety of their staff and players. The safe passage of foreign players out of the country was vital, alongside providing relatively secure accommodation to local staff.
Palkin and other senior members of the club's staff had a pronounced personal urgency to act swiftly too, as they rushed to move family members out of the eastern side of Ukraine, which had become the centre of an unwanted war. Eight years earlier, Shakhtar had been forcibly moved from their home city due to the war in the Donbas region between Ukraine and Russian-backed separatists.
